{"title":"The RAMAC data-processing machine: system organization of the IBM 305","authors":"M. Lesser, J. Haanstra","doi":"10.1145/1455533.1455565","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Synopsis: A new automatic data-processing machine for business applications, utilizing a random-access memory system, is described. Unlike the usual batch method of machine-processing business transactions, the technique used permits transfer of information between any two points in the system and makes multi-choice decisions according to the current status of the information. This in-line operational concept is discussed in detail and the data transfer routes and processing controls are shown. Employing punched card input and printed-record output, the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) 305 accounting machine is designed to handle 10,000 line-transactions per day.","PeriodicalId":259150,"journal":{"name":"AIEE-IRE '56 (Eastern)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1956-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AIEE-IRE '56 (Eastern)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1455533.1455565","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Synopsis: A new automatic data-processing machine for business applications, utilizing a random-access memory system, is described. Unlike the usual batch method of machine-processing business transactions, the technique used permits transfer of information between any two points in the system and makes multi-choice decisions according to the current status of the information. This in-line operational concept is discussed in detail and the data transfer routes and processing controls are shown. Employing punched card input and printed-record output, the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) 305 accounting machine is designed to handle 10,000 line-transactions per day.